If you have not been to Addis Ababa in the last 5 years or you are totally new to the city, chances are you wouldn't know what kind of accommodation you can expect to get. The objective of this article is to shade light on this opaque market. It is part one of a series of articles that will be published by the author to help expats in Ethiopia easily find houses and apartments for rent in Addis Ababa. As the landscape of the city is fast changing, so is the housing situation. If you are an expatriate without kids and is moving to Addis Ababa to work for one of the big international organizations such as one of the many UN agencies, which are situated at the the United Nation Economic Commission for Africa campus, International Organization for Migration, Plan International, the German Technical Cooperation, the Irish Embassy, the British Embassy, the German Embassy, the Belgian Embassy, the Italian Embassy, and the French Embassy, renting an apartment in Kazanchis Addis Ababa m